11 Latin American Nations Repudiate Deaths of 6 Demonstrators in Venezuela

The governments of 11 Latin American nations repudiated on Monday the deaths of six people in the recent anti-government protests in Venezuela and called for avoiding “any violent action” on the day of demonstrations called for later this week, the Colombian Foreign Ministry announced. “We express our profound regret and rejection of the deaths of six citizens within the framework of the days of protests that took place in ... Venezuela in recent days, and we express our solidarity and condolences to their relatives,” the group of countries said in their joint statement released in Bogota. Signing the declaration were the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. More…